Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
AFTER RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)
Study for a figure of the Virgin
c.1853-76Albumen print | 32.2 x 20.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850860
A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1509-11) formerly in the Musée Wicar, Lille, and now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (inv. no.457v). The drawing is a preparatory study for the figure of the Virgin in Raphael's so-called ‘Alba Madonna’, a painting now in the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC (inv. no.1937.1.24; see RCIN 850853.a for a photograph of the painting). See RCIN 850858 for a photograph of the recto of this drawing.
Showing the figure of the woman, seating on the ground, turned to the left, holding a book with her left hand and stretching out her right arm
Showing the figure of the woman, seating on the ground, turned to the left, holding a book with her left hand and stretching out her right arm
Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
32.2 x 20.1 cm (sheet of paper)
- Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp.191-192, no. 545 (Brejon de Lavergnée 1997 : Brejon de Lavergnée, B, 1997. Catalogue des dessins Italiens. Collections du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Paris)
p. 202, no. 278v (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)
pp. 82-88, no. 50 (Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 )
